New dynamic slot assignment scheme of self-organized TDMA VHF data link

According to the analysis of the very high frequency (VHF) self-organized time division multiple access (S-TDMA) aviation data link, a new dynamic slot assignment scheme is proposed in this paper, which adopts variable data frame structure and can eliminate the effect of the idle slot on message delay. By using queue theory, the analysis models of the new scheme and previous scheme are presented, and the performance of message delay and that of system throughput are analyzed under two schemes. The simulation results show that the new scheme has a better performance than the previous one in the message delay and system throughput.